distort

[Dis*tort·]

Distort means to twist out of shape. When you look at a tree through a twisting kaleidoscope, you distort its image, making its branches and leaves look wavy and misshapen.

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Distorted; misshapen.

Verb
alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

Verb
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Verb
affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

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form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

Verb
twist and press out of shape

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a.
Distorted; misshapen.

v. t.
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

v. t.
To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

v. t.
To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Distort

Dis*tort" , a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]

Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.

Distort

Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

Whose face was distorted with pain.

2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.

3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

Distorted; misshapen.

To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

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Usage Examples

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It's delightful to distort size, to see something that's tiny as though it were vast.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

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Other Usage Examples

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.